wow. The daily mail strikes again, I think it's disgusting, personally but then again, don't want to offend muslims, hindus, druids, wiccans and atheists with images of Christ having any association with christmas

Christmas has become a holiday for everyone to enjoy, not just Christians. Christian themed cards are still available, I don't really see what the big deal is.
Besides, the stores are probably just responding to market demand. I'd imagine that few people bought Christian cards, so now they stock fewer Christian cards.

wow. The daily mail strikes again, I think it's disgusting, personally but then again, don't want to offend muslims, hindus, druids, wiccans and atheists with images of Christ having any association with christmas

Multi-culturalism for ya

What makes you think that it would offend any other religions? Did you see this quotation in the Mail's piece?

Anas Altikriti, of the Muslim Association of Britain, said he was ‘worried’ at the increasing secularisation of Britain.
He added: ‘People who are looking for proper choice of Christmas cards should raise it with the store manager.’

Supermarkets are not 'airbrushing' anything. Like any business, they exist to make profit. How do they do that? By stocking items people want to buy. If there was a demand for religious Christmas cards, Tesco et al would stock them.

It would be interesting to think about why they aren't selling. My guess would be a combination of increasing secularisation and the fact that people buying religious-themed cards will probably do so either from their churches, from smaller, independent shops or from specialist card shops. There's probably an element of class divide; if the CoE is 'the Conservative party at prayer', maybe its members are not flocking to Asda and Lidl...

Supply and demand - in a secular society, where Christmas is celebrated in a secular way, is it a surprise that people don't want to buy religious Christmas cards? Just about any argument I would make has already been made in this thread or the comments of the article.

"Supermarkets were accused of ‘airbrushing Christ out of Christmas’ yesterday"

Who made this accusation?

Dr Don Horrocks

Who also said (of gay marriage)

"Where does it stop? Soon there will be people wanting to marry their horse!"

and

Steven Green of Christian voice

Who said (in support of the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda)

"The contrast between our politicians and those of Uganda could not be more stark. A Parliamentarian in Uganda is trying to protect his nation’s children. The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is trying to corrupt ours. Which country is the more civilised, I wonder, in the eyes of Almighty God?"

So an entire story based around the remarks of Dr Don Horrocks and Steven Green

wow. The daily mail strikes again, I think it's disgusting, personally but then again, don't want to offend muslims, hindus, druids, wiccans and atheists with images of Christ having any association with christmas

wow. The daily mail strikes again, I think it's disgusting, personally but then again, don't want to offend muslims, hindus, druids, wiccans and atheists with images of Christ having any association with christmas

Multi-culturalism for ya

Hey lukejosh very very good thread there mate. Christmas is about Jesus and thats why we celebrate christmas. what store is this wanting to do this? plese holla back asap